Be the Most Popular College Freshman

Follow these steps and you will become one of the most popular college freshman

After being in high school for four years, college freshman are sometimes uneasy and timid when entering their freshman year of college. This article will show you how to stand out from the crowd, and become well known at your new school. College freshman are usually filled with excitement for a new life, and being out own their own for the first time in your life. Many fail to realize it is very important to do key things that can make your college career the very best experience.

Where you are from

Before we can give you tips, you have to first understand where you are from and what has made you as a person so far in your life. Everything you know has been determined by your parents: Where you live, where you go to school, what friends you have, what your hobbies are... all determined by your parents. Your parents chose where you were to grow up, you made friends within the area that your parents chose to live, your hobbies were determined by activities in the area.

What being a college freshman is

Being a college freshman is your first chance on a level playing field to pick your own friends, do what you want to do, have control over your life to finally mold yourself into who you want to be. With this power comes discipline, because with the ability to change your life for the good, you also have the ability to change it for the bad (ex: dropping out). One of the most important lessons you will learn at college is time management and balance. As much as everyone would love to go out and party all day, you must discipline yourself to get your school work done, or else you days at college could be few and numbered.

Your past and reputation means nothing at college

Everything you have done in your life up until college means absolutely nothing. You will be starting over, you need to work hard to become well known. For some this provides a clean slate to forget some unpleasant things that may of happened in the past. Most likely, other students will only know what you do from that point on (and what you tell them), so try not to disclose anything that may come back and haunt you. (Tip: do not tell anyone past nicknames people called you in high school that you hated) You new job during your freshman year at college is to do the right things to get people to know you, like you, respect you, and make you one of the "popular kids on campus".

How to become popular

There is no guaranteed way to instantly become popular, but there are some guidelines to follow to help get off on the right foot.

• Be Confident - This is very important. No one will know who you are, or how great of a person you are if you spend all your time in your room playing video games or watching TV. The first few weeks of college are very critical, and are most important because people will remember you as you were those first few weeks. You only have one change to make a first impression.
• Meet everyone you can - Say hi to people walking to the cafeteria, introduce yourself, smile be nice. The first few hours after you have moved into your dorm (and your parents finally leave) walk around and introduce yourself to other people, especially on your floor. You will be spending the rest of the year with the people on your floor so you should get to know them as soon as possible. Next meet everyone you can in the rest of your dorm, you may meet their friends in other dorms. The first day of each class introduce yourself to people around you. Chances are you are going to have to work with them in groups or need notes if you miss a class, the first day is the easiest time to do this. Find out when and where the college parties are, and try to go to the best ones, and be friendly to everyone.
• Become involved - Join a student organization, ask around first, see what organizations are cool, what people are involved in. Find something you would enjoy and join a club, organization, fraternity, or sorority. Joining a good active organization, will allow you to meet the more important "active" students on campus.
• Be interested in other people - Don't just ramble on about what you have done, or what you plan to do. Listen to others and ask questions, their lives could be interesting, and you may share something in common.